Mid-Holocene environmental and human dynamics in northeastern China reconstructed from pollen and archaeological data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-300

  Tarasov, Pavel ^a   Jin, Guiyun ^b   Wagner, Mayke ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Changes in atmospheric precipitation; Holocene; Human impact on vegetation; Pollen record; Reconstructed biomes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOME; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; FOREST-STEPPE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; TAISHIZHUANG;

EID: 33750162447     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.038     Document Type: Article

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